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Blood spill leads to panic on bus

A YOUNG Canberra woman is facing an anxious wait for test results after an incident in which a man with a head wound and a contagious blood-borne virus may have bled near where she sat down on a bus.

Bus company ACTION has defended its handling of the incident.

Andrea McEachern said her daughter was catching a bus last Tuesday when the driver stopped the vehicle and announced that there would be a delay. ''Next thing … a couple of guys with rubber gloves jump out and in a sort of panicky voice yell at her, 'Get off the bus it's contagious','' Ms McEachern said.

After inquiries by Fairfax Media, Ms McEachern was contacted by a doctor from the ACT Health Directorate, who said her daughter should undergo blood tests.